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Title BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT AS A SOCIAL SCIENCE
Code ULMS602
Coordinator Prof YRF Guillaume
Work, Organisation and Management
Yves.Guillaume@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2018-19 Level 7 FHEQ First Semester 20

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
N/A  

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
Programme:SERM Year:1 Programme:MRMG Year:1

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
 

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12
A series of four Lectures and Class Discussions
      78
Students will independently engage with secondary data within their own field to enable them to get to grips with the broad field of social science research, and how to locate their own studies within this
  90
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 110
TOTAL HOURS 200

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
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CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
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Coursework  5000 words  Semester 1  100  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Independent Research Report Notes (applying to all assessments) Assignment: Critically explore the notion of social science in relation to your own research topic. The aim of this report is for you to critically engage with the literature in order to explore different variants of social science (its scope, methods, ends, etc.) as a basis for the development of your own research strategy.  

Aims

This module aims to introduce students to research in business and management research. The module provides a broad grounding in social science, but remains targeted on the concerns of business and management. Students will be encouraged to reflect on the purpose of knowledge creation including their own motivations for engaging with business and management research.


Learning Outcomes

Understand what social science is and why social science matters. / Understand historical developments and key debates in social science.

Understand the relationship and tensions between social science practice and business and management research.

Be aware of a range of different approaches to what constitutes ‘good’ research in business and management.

Be familiar with debates about the purpose and relevance of management research and the processes of knowledge creation and dissemination into managerial practice;

Understand key concepts in management research including polarities of approaches found in objectivism -v- constructionism; modernism -v- postmodernism; quantitative -v- qualitative distinctions, etc., and be able to apply them critically;

Have a critical awareness of the influence of politics and ethics on management research

Critically understand the idea and process of theory building.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lecture - A series of four Lectures and Class Discussions

Field Work - Students will independently engage with secondary data within their own field to enable them to get to grips with the broad field of social science research, and how to locate their own studies within this

Syllabus
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Session 1: The nature of knowledge in social science: explanation and understanding

Session 2: The nature of knowledge in business and management studies

Session 3: Building theory in business and management studies

Session 4: Critical approaches to knwoledge and method in business and management studies


Recommended Texts
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